Hinckley United’s inspiring form in the first month or so of 2011 has well and truly drifted out of the window as this 2-1 home defeat made it four losses on the bounce.

Dean Thomas tinkered with his starting line-up following last week’s dismal display against Nuneaton Town with Ian Deakin being dropped and replaced by young keeper Denham Hinds, while Rikki Bains also took a seat on the bench and Andre Gray started up front in place of the injured Jermaine Clarke.

Both teams created chances in the opening period but their finishing showed why both are in the bottom half of the table. the visitors had the first real chance but Hinds was on his toes to deny a Jonny Wright header.

Gray was on hand as the first Knitters player to test out Aaron Taylor in The Reds’ goal when he fired in a low shot from the edge of the box which was well saved. Uncertain defending by the Workington back line eventually saw James Mace on the end of a curling cross but he saw his header come off the top of the crossbar.

The best chance of the half saw Nick Rogan’s volley seemingly heading into the net only for Hinds to pull off an outstanding save.

The deadlock was broken in the opening minutes of the second half in the most disastrous of fashions as Hinds rushed from his goal to clear a pass through the centre and completely missed the ball, leaving Gareth Arnison with the simplest of tap-ins.

The lead was short-lived though as Hinckley equalised immediately as Cyrus Christie crossed from the right and as the ball was pinballed around the box, it fell invitingly to Andy Gooding who smashed home from 12 yards through a sea of legs.

It could have been even better for the Knitters had Lloyd Kerry kept his composure soon after but he saw his shot go wide after more good work down the right by Christie and James Reid.

The lead instead went to Workington minutes later when a corner was sailed over to the back post and Arnison saw his first effort blocked, only to get a second opportunity and volley past Hinds.

The rest of the game dwindled out with no more clear-cut chances for either side as once again Hinckley lost 2-1 to Workington thanks to a brace from Arnison.